Menpes, Mortimer, 1855-1938, Menpes, Dorothy · London : A. & C. Black · leaf 214
e Japanese works are insipid, out of perspective,and all pretty much the same. Here is a painter ofJapan who brings a similar charge against our muchmore complex pictures—this, surely, is a new and avaluable lesson, full of suggestion for the thoughtfulpainter! Kiyosai next began to discuss… … Painters and their Methods that bird up in their back garden, or in their studio, andbegin to paint it at once, then and there, never quitedeciding what they are going to paint, never thinkingof the particular pose and action of the bird that is tobe represented on the canvas. Now, suppose that…
Art -- Japan · Japan -- Social life and customs 1868-1912
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